{"product_id":"the-fall-of-the-us-empire-9780745326436","title":"The Fall of the US Empire","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooks at the debates amongst critical theorists about the decline of US power.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This absorbing book makes a remarkable contribution to the current version of this very important debate, while revisiting its previous versions ... stimulating reading' -- Gilbert Achcar, Professor of Development Studies and International Relations at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) of the University of London\u003cbr\u003e'A major addition to the literature on the decline of US hegemony' -- Donald Sassoon, Professor of Comparative European History, Queen Mary University of London\u003cbr\u003e'Stimulating and challenging' -- Mike Newman, Emeritus Professor of Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies, London Metropolitan University\u003cbr\u003e'The authors display an impressive mastery of the relevant theoretical literature without ignoring the factual details of the current financial and economic crisis' -- Ben Fowkes\u003cbr\u003e'A coherent and theoretically informed account of the changing balance of global power' -- Professor Costas Lapavitsas, SOAS, University of London\u003cbr\u003e'Ambitious... offers an historically informed alternative to mainstream readings of the crisis' -- Engelbert Stockhammer, Professor of Economics, Kingston University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e  List of Tables, Graphs and Maps\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction\u003cbr\u003e  1. Global Fault-lines\u003cbr\u003e  2. Bretton Woods to the Abyss of Globalisation, 1944-1971\t\u003cbr\u003e  3. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [1], 1971-1991\t\u003cbr\u003e  4. The Failure of Financial Statecraft [2], 1991-2011\u003cbr\u003e  5. The Power-Shift to the Global East\u003cbr\u003e  6. Resources Depletion and Environmental Degradation\t\u003cbr\u003e  Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e  Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404293906775,"sku":"9780745326436","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-fall-of-the-us-empire-9780745326436","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}